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1964 UEFA European Nations Cup
Eurocopa España 1964
	; UEFA Euro 1964 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	17 June – 21 June
Teams	4
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	USSR
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	13 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jesús María Pereda; Ferenc Bene; Dezső Novák; (2 goals)
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The 1964 UEFA European Nations Cup was the second edition of the quadrennial European Football Championship, endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2–1 over defending champions Soviet Union.

The tournament was a knockout competition; 29 teams entered (Greece withdrew after being drawn with Albania). The Soviet Union, Austria, and Luxembourg received byes into the second round. The teams played home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.

Luxembourg proved to be the giant-killers of the qualifying rounds; they beat the Netherlands 3–2 on aggregate (1–1 and 2–1), and then drew with Denmark 3–3 and 2–2, before losing the replay 1–0. Denmark thus became the most surprising of the qualifiers for the final tournament, joining the Soviet Union, Spain, and Hungary.

In the semi-finals, the Soviet Union defeated the Danes 3–0 in Barcelona and Spain beat Hungary 2–1 in extra time in Madrid, the winning goal being scored by Amancio. Spain had withdrawn from the tournament in 1960 rather than play the Soviet Union, but on this occasion General Franco let his team play the Soviets. In front of more than 79,000 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, the hosts won 2–1 after a late goal from Marcelino.

[edit] Preliminary round

Greece withdrew from the competition after they were drawn against Albania in the preliminary round.

[edit] First leg

21 June 1962 19:15	Norway	0 – 2	Sweden	Ullevål, Oslo Attendance: 28,249 Referee: Gilbert Bowman (Scotland)
			Martinsson 9', 40'

28 June 1962 19:00	Denmark	6 – 1	Malta	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 10,622 Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)
	O. Madsen 9', 14', 49' Clausen 22' Enoksen 70' Bertelsen 80'		Theobald 57'

12 August 1962 15:00	Republic of Ireland	4 – 2	Iceland	Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 19,848 Referee: Robert Ernest Smith (Wales)
	Tuohy 11' Fogarty 40' Cantwell 65', 76'		R. Jónsson 37', 87'

3 October 1962 19:45	England	1 – 1	France	Hillsborough, Sheffield Attendance: 35,380 Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)
	Flowers 57' (pen.)		Goujon 8'

10 October 1962 15:30	Poland	0 – 2	Northern Ireland	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Bertil Wilhelm Lööw (Sweden)
			Dougan 19' Humphries 54'

1 November 1962 20:45	Spain	6 – 0	Romania	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
	Guillot 7', 20', 70' Veloso 9' Collar 17' Macri 81' (o.g.)

4 November 1962 14:15	Yugoslavia	3 – 2	Belgium	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alois Obtulovič (Czechoslovakia)
	Skoblar 12', 32' (pen.) Vasović 88'		Stockman 26' Jurion 58'

7 November 1962 13:00	Bulgaria	3 – 1	Portugal	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 31,318 Referee: Semih Zoroglu (Turkey)
	Asparuhov 65', 72' Diev 77'		Eusébio 49'

7 November 1962 14:00	Hungary	3 – 1	Wales	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
	Albert 6' Tichy 35' Sándor 48'		Medwin 18'

11 November 1962 14:30	Netherlands	3 – 1	Switzerland	Olympisch stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 64,350 Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)
	van der Linden 11' Swart 75' Groot 76'		Hertig 43'

21 November 1962 14:00	East Germany	2 – 1	Czechoslovakia	Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin Attendance: 22,077 Referee: Serguei Alimov (Soviet Union)
	Erler 60' Liebrecht 80' (pen.)		Kučera 90'

2 December 1962 14:30	Italy	6 – 0	Turkey	Stadio Comunale, Bologna Attendance: 26,553 Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)
	Rivera 15', 47' Orlando 22', 29', 35', 85'

[edit] Second leg

2 September 1962 16:30	Iceland	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,014 Referee: Birger Nielsen (Norway)
	Árnason 59'		Tuohy 37'

Republic of Ireland won 5–3 on aggregate.

4 November 1962 13:00	Sweden	1 – 1	Norway	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 8,726 Referee: Werner Bergmann (East Germany)
	Eriksson 49'		Krogh 60'

Sweden won 3–1 on aggregate.

25 November 1962 13:00	Romania	3 – 1	Spain	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest Attendance: 72,762 Referee: Georgios Pelomis (Greece)
	Tătaru 2' Manolache 8' Constantin 61'		Veloso 65'

Spain won 7–3 on aggregate.

28 November 1962 19:45	Northern Ireland	2 – 0	Poland	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 28,833 Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)
	Crossan 9' Bingham 64'

Northern Ireland won 4–0 on aggregate.

8 December 1962 14:00	Malta	1 – 3	Denmark	Empire Stadium, Gżira Attendance: 6,987 Referee: Raoul Righi (Italy)
	Urpani 37'		O. Madsen 13' Christiansen 42' Bertelsen 48'

Denmark won 9–2 on aggregate.

16 December 1962 21:00	Portugal	3 – 1	Bulgaria	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon Attendance: 25,836 Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)
	Hernâni 4', 27' Coluna 54'		Iliev 84'

Bulgaria 4–4 Portugal on aggregate. Replay played on 23 January 1963

27 February 1963 20:45	France	5 – 2	England	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 23,986 Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)
	Wisnieski 3', 75' Douis 32' Cossou 43', 82'		Smith 57' Tambling 74'

France won 6–3 on aggregate.

20 March 1963 19:15	Wales	1 – 1	Hungary	Ninian Park, Cardiff Attendance: 30,413 Referee: Samuel Spillane (Republic of Ireland)
	Jones 23' (pen.)		Tichy 77' (pen.)

Hungary won 4–2 on aggregate.

27 March 1963 13:30	Turkey	0 – 1	Italy	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 27,290 Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)
			Sormani 86'

Italy won 7–0 on aggregate.

31 March 1963 15:00	Switzerland	1 – 1	Netherlands	Wankdorf Stadium, Berne Attendance: 31,794 Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)
	Allemann 72'		Kruiver 7'

Netherlands won 4–2 on aggregate.

31 March 1963 15:30	Czechoslovakia	1 – 1	East Germany	Strahov Stadium, Prague Attendance: 19,504 Referee: Károly Balla (Hungary)
	Mašek 66'		P. Ducke 85'

East Germany won 3–2 on aggregate.

31 March 1963 16:00	Belgium	0 – 1	Yugoslavia	Heysel Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 24,583 Referee: Vicente Antonio Caballero (Spain)
			Galić 21'

Yugoslavia won 4–2 on aggregate.

[edit] Replay

23 January 1963 14:30	Bulgaria	1 – 0	Portugal	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 2,336 Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
	Asparuhov 86'

Bulgaria won 5–4 on aggregate.

[edit] Eighth-finals

[edit] First leg

30 May 1963	Spain	1 – 1	Northern Ireland	Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 27,960 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
	Amancio 58'		W.Irvine 76'

19 June 1963	Yugoslavia	0 – 0	Sweden	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 45,098 Referee: Karl Kainer (Austria)

29 June 1963	Denmark	4 – 0	Albania	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 26,640 Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)
	Petersen 20' (pen.) Madsen 31' Clausen 40' Enoksen 49'

11 September 1963 20:00	Luxembourg	1 – 1	Netherlands	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 36,523 Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)
	May 33'		Nuninga 5'

25 September 1963 19:30	Austria	0 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 26,741 Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

29 September 1963	Bulgaria	1 – 0	France	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 25,947 Referee: Faruk Talu (Turkey)
	Diev 24'

13 October 1963 19:00	USSR	2 – 0	Italy	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 102,358 Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)
	Ponedelnik 22' Chislenko 42'

19 October 1963 14:30	East Germany	1 – 2	Hungary	Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin Attendance: 33,383 Referee: Pyotr Belov (Soviet Union)
	Nöldner 51'		Bene 18' Rákosi 88'

[edit] Second leg

30 October 1963	Northern Ireland	0 – 1	Spain	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 45,809 Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
			Gento 66'

Spain won 2–1 on aggregate.

18 September 1963	Sweden	3 – 2	Yugoslavia	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 20,774 Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
	Persson 31', 60' Bild 72'		Zambata 23' Galić 64'

Sweden won 3–2 on aggregate.

30 October 1963	Albania	1 – 0	Denmark	Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 27,765 Referee: Joseph M. Cassar Naudi (Malta)
	Pano 3'

Denmark won 4–1 on aggregate.

30 October 1963 20:15	Netherlands	1 – 2	Luxembourg	Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 42,385 Referee: Marcel Bois (France)
	Kruiver 35'		Dimmer 20', 68'

Luxembourg won 3–2 on aggregate.

13 October 1963 14:30	Republic of Ireland	3 – 2	Austria	Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 39,963 Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)
	Cantwell 45', 90' (pen.) Fogarty 64'		Koleznik 38' Flögel 83'

Republic of Ireland won 3–2 on aggregate.

26 October 1963	France	3 – 1	Bulgaria	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 32,233 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
	Goujon 44', 81' Herbin 78'		Yakimov 75'

France won 3–2 on aggregate.

10 November 1963 14:30	Italy	1 – 1	USSR	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 69,567 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
	Rivera 89'		Gusarov 33'

Soviet Union won 3–1 on aggregate.

3 November 1963 14:00	Hungary	3 – 3	East Germany	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 35,382 Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)
	Bene 7' Sándor 17' Solymosi 51' (pen.)		Heine 12' R.Ducke 26' Erler 81'

Hungary won 5–4 on aggregate.

[edit] Quarter-finals

[edit] First leg

4 December 1963	Luxembourg	3 – 3	Denmark	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 6,921 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
	Pilot 1' Klein 23', 50'		Madsen 9', 30', 46'

11 March 1964	Spain	5 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Attendance: 27,137 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
	Amancio 12', 29' Fusté 15' Marcelino Martínez 33', 88'		McEvoy 21'

25 April 1964 15:00	France	1 – 3	Hungary	Stade Olympique, Colombes Attendance: 35,274 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
	Cossou 73'		Albert 15' Tichy 16', 70'

13 May 1964	Sweden	1 – 1	USSR	Råsunda Stadion, Solna Attendance: 36,937 Referee: Jim Finney (England)
	Hamrin 87'		Ivanov 62'

[edit] Second leg

10 December 1963	Denmark	2 – 2	Luxembourg	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 36,294 Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)
	Madsen 16', 70'		Leónard 13' Schmit 84'

Luxembourg 5–5 Denmark on aggregate. Replay played to decide tie.

8 April 1964	Republic of Ireland	0 – 2	Spain	Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 38,027 Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
			Zaballa 25', 88'}

Spain won 7–1 on aggregate.

23 May 1964 17:30	Hungary	2 – 1	France	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 70,120 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
	Sipos 24' Bene 55'		Combin 2'

Hungary won 5–2 on aggregate.

27 May 1964 19:00	USSR	3 – 1	Sweden	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 99,609 Referee: Arthur Holland (England)
	Ponedelnik 32', 56' Voronin 83'		Hamrin 78'

Soviet Union won 4–2 on aggregate.

[edit] Replay

18 December 1963	Denmark	1 – 0	Luxembourg	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Roomer (Netherlands)
	Madsen 43'

[edit] Finals tournament

1964 European Nations' Cup finalists.

Semifinals			Final

17 June – Madrid
Hungary	1
Spain (aet)	2

			21 June – Madrid
			Spain	2
			USSR	1


			Third place
17 June – Barcelona		20 June – Barcelona
Denmark	0	Hungary (aet)	3
USSR	3		Denmark	1

[edit] Semi-finals

17 June 1964 20:00	Spain	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hungary	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 34,713 Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)
	Pereda 35' Amancio 115'	Report	Bene 84'

17 June 1964 22:30	Denmark	0 – 3	USSR	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 38,556 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
		Report	Voronin 19' Ponedelnik 40' Ivanov 87'

[edit] Third place play-off

20 June 1964 20:00	Hungary	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
	Bene 11' Novák 107' (pen.), 110'	Report	Bertelsen 82'

[edit] Final

Main article: 1964 European Nations' Cup Final

21 June 1964 18:30	Spain	2 – 1	USSR	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 79,115 Referee: Arthur Holland (England)
	Pereda 6' Marcelino 84'	Report	Khusainov 8'

Euro 1964 champions
Spain First title

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Top goalscorers

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Fastest goal

6 minutes: Jesús María Pereda (Spain vs USSR)

[edit] Average goals

3.25 goals per game

[edit] External links

Official site at uefa.com

Contents

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] First leg

[edit] Second leg

[edit] Replay

[edit] Eighth-finals

[edit] First leg

[edit] Second leg

[edit] Quarter-finals

[edit] First leg

[edit] Second leg

[edit] Replay

[edit] Finals tournament

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Third place play-off

[edit] Final

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Top goalscorers

[edit] Fastest goal

[edit] Average goals

[edit] External links